Episodes
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Kings! What a Strange Image for Jesus!
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
The history of humanity's relationship to this world's kings is not exactly a positive one. Why then do we use the image of a "king" to describe Jesus, the very model of humility and self-giving service.
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Adam's Rib
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
The story of creation, and particularly the creation of humanity, in the second chapter of Genesis is a weird one. Paramount among its weird aspects is the image of the rib taken from the Man's chest and used to create a suitable partner. What we are really talking about here is God's placement in all of us of the need to love even as God loves. This is also at the root of Jesus' words about marriage and divorce in the Gospel of Mark.
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Rocky and Works
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
"Who do YOU say that I am?" Getting to that answer passes through a story...that of Pastor Rocky of the New Testament Baptist Church...
Saturday Sep 08, 2018
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Bread of Life IV: To Whom Shall We Go?
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Jesus comes to the nadir of his public life so far. The "Bread of Life" chapter (John 6) ends with not just the "crowds" leaving Jesus, but even his own disciples. Why?
And Peter with his eleven compadres? "Will you also go?" Jesus asks them.
Peter finally gets it right: "To whom shall we go...you have the words of eternal life!"
Saturday Aug 18, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Solemnity of the Assumption, August 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Let's begin with Mary's feet so firmly grounded in the dust of this earth...
Saturday Aug 11, 2018